Saints Row: Bullet to the Heart

Untitled Part 82

The next few mornings, Kyouki was less queasy. She sat sipping warm water and broth. She had been calling Troy for hours to find out what was going on with the Brotherhood rampaging in the city, she really wanted them jailed. He had not returned her calls. Giving up because Ky had a headache behind her eyes. Enough was too much for Aisha wanted to have Ky look at. She didn't like how her girlfriend was suddenly so weak and ill. They had gone to the clinic downtown. Because puking her brains out the other day left her weak.

Ky had left Gat in charge. Which was fine. He was busy getting their people out of holding, like Pierce suggested. The only problem was, they couldn't get them released. Suddenly, they restricted the mandatory hold. Pierce couldn't even talk to one of theirs.

~*Stilwater Memorial Hospital, Emergency Clinic.*~

Kyouki and Aisha sat in the waiting room. Kyouki felt so bad she couldn't fill out the paperwork for the check-in. She rocked and groaned. The television that was on, blaring, had Jane Valderamma, the popular news reporter, front and center, live. She watched, with no interest, but paid attention to what was being said.

"In a surprising turn of events, several members of The Brotherhood are being released today. A previously thought open/shut case turned into a fierce legal battle as several high power attorneys, who fought tooth and nail over the past few days for their client's freedom. Chief Troy Bradshaw. May I have a word?" Footage of them being released onto buses was pre recorded. At what time, from the looks of it early in the morning, as it was still dark out.

Troy was live at the courthouse that very moment.

He looked irritated, sounded irritated. "I heard you. My personal opinion on the trial doesn't really matter. A jury of their peers found them innocent."

"So you think they were guilty?"

Troy was booking it out of there. "I'm sorry Jane. Listen, I have to get back to work... Hey, why don't you try talking to Dane Vogel?"

Kyouki sat up straight. Dane and the Brotherhood. Ky saw it was live, meaning right now. That shit is happening now. Her calling Troy, he was... Helping Dane who was in cahoots with Maero? Kyouki no longer felt weak, she felt fury. A fraction of a second after seeing Troy, her phone rang, and she looked down at the screen... Troy.

"Kyouki, before you go off on me, I had no choice, just take care of the situation. I owe you one." He hung up before he got cussed out.

Ky heard the reporter and Dane speaking still. Aisha had checked several times if she filled the paperwork right before handing it to the nurse at the desk. Coming back to sit, Kyouki was rigid.

"You ok? Need to puke again?" She asked, concerned.

Kyouki was piecing together what was going on. All the while wishing she had powers to smite Dane where he stood.

Dane smiled at Jane. "Ultor has no interest in the trial other than to see criminals get put behind bars."

"So there is no truth to the speculation that the Brotherhood's lawyers are in Ultor's pocket?"

"Jane, we've donated millions of dollars to the Stilwater PD as well as rebuilt the shattered community of Saint's Row. And we will continue our goal. Now, I understand that everyone likes to pick on the big corporations, but this latest groundless attack on Ultor's integrity is just ridiculous." Dane smirked.

With that, Dane excused himself, and the camera was back on Jane. What he was saying was creeping into her subconscious.

"Behind me, the men and women who are still loading up onto these buses are being given another chance at freedom... But the question remains, are we also giving them another chance at a life of crime? I'm Jane Valderamma, Channel 6 News... back to you, Jack."